1-methyl-4-hydroxybenzene caprylate



Patented July 7, 1931- UNHT STATES ATENT MARTIN BOLLMANN, OF BERLIN, GERIVIANY, ASSIGNOR T0 WINTHROP CHEMICAL COM- PANY, INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK l-METHYL-4-HYDROXYBENZENE CAPRYLATE No Drawing. Application filed March 19, 1929, Serial No. 348,366, and. in Germany March 30, 1928.

The present invention relates to a new compound, the 1-methylA-hydroxybenzenecaprylate a colorless liquid of the density D =0.965 and of the boiling point of 170172 C. at 6 mm. pressure. It dissolves at 20 C. in 16 parts of ethanol of per cent. strength by volume.

The said new compound may be obtained by esterifying in a known manner l-methyli-hydroxybenzene with caprylic acid.

The l-methyl-L-hydroxybenzenecaprylate possesses a characteristic smell, which particularly is adapted for making up perfumes the odor of which resemble the odor of jasmine or narcissus flowers.

Ewample 1.-Equimolecular proportions of 1-methyl--hydroxybenzene and caprylic acid are heated during some hours at about C. while adding drop by drop phosphorus oxychloride. The reaction mass,

after cooling, is poured on ice, washed first with a weak solution of sodium hydroxide and then carefully with water and finally distilled in a vacuum.

Ewample 2.Mixture of a jasmine-like smell for soaps:

10 parts by weight of benzyl acetate.

5 parts by weight of terpineol.

2 parts by weight of cumarine.

1 part by weight of linalool.

0. 5 part by weight ofllmethyl 4 hydroxybenzenecapry- Example 3.-Mixture of a jasmine-like smell:

of benzyl acetate. of isoeugenol.

pgowmmcooi I claim 1. As a new product l-methyl--liydroxybenzene caprylate corresponding to the formula:

MARTIN BOLLMANN. 

